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February 7, 2007
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Family Fun with pUppets
Tears o f Joy Puppet T heater pre­
sents "Shoem aker and the Elves," a
show o f hopes and m iracles that origi­
nated at the C enter for Puppetry Arts
in Atlanta, at Brunish Hall in the Port­
land Center o f the Perform ing Arts,
1111 S.W. Broadway.
Set in 1940’s M anhattan, tw o dis­
placed elves nurse their wounds over
Tears o f Joy P uppet Theatre b rin g s‘S h o e m a k e r and the a recent jo b loss at the North Pole.
E lves’ to th e Portland Center for th e Performing Arts,
M eanw hile, a despondent shoem aker
Friday Feb. 2 through Feb. 18.
closes his doors after 40 years o f busi-
ness. H um or packs this story with
appearances from G roucho M arx,
Carm en M iranda, Louis A rm strong
and a faithful old time radio.
Shows are Friday, Feb 2 at 7:30 p.m.;
Saturday, Feb 3 at 11 a.m.; Sunday, Feb
4at2& 4p.m .;Saturday,Feb lOat 11 a.m.;
Sunday, Feb 11 at 2 and4 p.m.; Saturday,
Feb 17 at 11 a.m. and Sunday, Feb 18 at
2 & 4 p .m .
For tickets and information, call 360-
6954)477or503-2484)557orvisittojt.com.
Sound Tech Gets
Harry Potter Finale Coming
(A P) - Harry Potter’s fate will be
revealed to the world when the seventh
Record Oscar Nod
thor, has said she is poised to kill off
and last book instalm ent - "Harry Pot­
ter and the Deathly Hallows" — is re­
tw o characters in the final installm ent
and m any fans fear the boy wizard will
be a victim in his last year at Hogwarts
leased on July 21.
school.
Publishers Bloom sbury announced
the released date for what they called
"this most anticipated o f books", which
The suspense has added to expecta­
tions that fans will be w aiting outside
booksellers predicted will set o ff a new
bookshops for a m idnight launch.
B ritish book retailer W aterstone’s pre­
Potter frenzy.
J.K. Rowling, the series' British au­
dicted that half a m illion copies would
fly off the shelves on day one o f sales.
Got his break from
Sidney Poitier
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliff on the set of
“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. ”
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Willie Burton
4057 N. Interstate Ave. 503-493-9414
Willie Burton, an African Ameri­
can sound technician in the film
industry, was honored with his sev­
enth Academy Award nomination
for sound mixing the critically ac­
c la im e d th e a tric a l m u sic a l,
“Dreamgirls.”
The honor gives Burton the title
of have the most Oscar nomina­
tions for an African American. The
only person who comes close to his
record is Denzel Washington, who
has five.
Burton has mixed more than 77
films since 1970, and was honored
in 2005 with the Lifetime Career
Achievement Award by the Cin­
ema Audio Society.
He was bom in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
with extremely humble beginnings
o f picking cotton just to help buy
school clothes and a decent pair of
shoes. He attended trade school for
Electronics before joining the Navy
and working in engineering.
Burton was a janitor in an office
bui Iding before getting his big break
to do sound mixing for a movie
called, “Let's Do It Again" (1975).
Sidney Poitier, a star actor in the
film, was the man who made it hap­
pen.
"Poitier took a chance on me
when no one else would," Burton
recalls. "But he looked me in the
eyes and said 'you better not let me
down. " Afterwards, Burton and
Poitier developed a bond, and Poitier
hired him to do sound for all of his
subsequent films.